Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: But Jeremi Suri, a UW professor and foreign affairs expert, said there isnâ??t an easy solution to peace in the Middle East.”I donâ??t think thereâ??s really an option to just pick up ship and leave right now. Weâ??ve invested too much in this area,” he said. “If things get worse in Pakistan, we will have no choice but to intervene. If that happens, we will have to send more force in more hazardous conditions in the region. This is a way to try to prevent that from happening.”

Quoted: Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Gwen McIntosh, a pediatrician with the American Family Childrenâ??s Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, said the broader reach of bullies via the Internet and social networking sites can also broaden the pain caused by the words. It gives bullies an unlimited audience, she said.

Quoted: Phil Moy, a researcher with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute and co-chairman of the Dispersal Barrier Advisory Council, estimated the rotenone application would kill up to 250,000 pounds of fish.

Quoted: “This isnâ??t a surprise because cable rates go up every year no matter what happens in a state Legislature,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton. He lobbied against the changes and predicted then that they wouldnâ??t live up to the hype. Orton said Tuesday that the audit proves he was correct.

Quoted: Jon Pevehouse, a UW-Madison political science professor, says, “The bottom line is, in a counter insurgency warfare, you need to have the average Afghani believing in the government you want them to support.. If that doesnâ??t happen… all the American troops there in the world wonâ??t help.”

Noted: While on duty, all RAs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are required to wear a picture ID badge, which says their name, department affiliation, and the name of the school, said Kay Reuter-Krohn, the associate director of housing.â??Itâ??s really done from the standpoint of trying to create a safe environment,â? she said. â??Students shouldnâ??t have to ask.â?

Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison team led by Dr. Kristie Guite studied 978 CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis done on 500 patients that were sent to the university to be interpreted. They used American College of Radiology guidelines to determine whether they were appropriate.

Quoted: President Barack Obama is scheduled to lay out his Afghan strategy in a speech at West Point tonight, and an expert at the UW says heâ??s got his work cut out for him. Political scientist, professor Jon Pevehouse, thinks the Obama administration ought to be setting a low bar as far as whatâ??s realistically achievable in Afghanistan.

The ultimate feat for an ambitious law student is a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship, an opportunity bestowed on only the top graduates – often from Ivy League law schools. So when Cecelia Klingele was chosen for the elite job, she was the first UW-Madison Law School graduate in more than 60 years to make it to the high court’s inner chambers.

Tom Mosgaller, 63,  says there’s been a common thread that has run through his different careers: helping people and organizations improve how they do the things they do. He has worked as a community organizer, corporate vice president, quality improvement director for the city of Madison and now as director of change management for the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) at UW-Madison.

Noted: John D. Lee, director of the Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says texting is an especially serious problem, presenting a “perfect storm” of driver distraction: Drivers take their eyes off the road, their hands off the wheel and their mind off the critical task of controlling a car.

Quoted: How serious is a Wisconsin congressman about a â??war taxâ? to cover the costs of the Obama administrationâ??s stepped up war in Afghanistan? UW Madison political scientist Charles Franklin doubts whether Wausau Democrat, U.S. Representative Dave Obey, will see his proposal come to a vote in the House.

Quoted: Marie-Louise Mares, professor of communication arts at UW-Madison, noted that the Rand Corp. data show most kids who see sex on TV donâ??t go out and have sex, but there does seem to be an effect for a minority.

Quoted: Shortly after taking office he bumped troop levels by 20-thousand, an action UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin says had strong public backing, noting 60-percent support last spring for Obamaâ??s handling of the war.

Quoted: â??This kind of dramatic elimination of the black-white gap in a short period has never been seen,â? Dr. Philip M. Farrell, professor of pediatrics and former dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, said of the progress in Dane County.

More troops are headed to Afghanistan as the President battles waning public opinion. President Obama ran on a campaign calling Afghanistan the â??right warâ? to fight. Shortly after taking office he bumped troop levels by 20-thousand, an action UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin says had strong public backing, noting 60-percent support last spring for Obamaâ??s handling of the war.

Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, a professor of applied economics at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: UW-Madison psychology professor Janet Shibley Hyde, who studies human sexuality.

Quoted: “The minimum markup law has been around for decades, and in Wisconsin its gotten most attention around gasoline,” said Deborah Mitchell with the UW School of Business. “What most people dont know is it goes beyond just gasoline.”

Quoted: Robert McGrath, a clinical psychologist specializing in mind/body wellness at University Health Services at UW-Madison, on whether laughing is good for your health.

The Division of Information Technology opened use of its new version of WiscMailâ??s web mail client pilot program to all students, staff and faculty this week, aiming for campuswide implementation Dec. 1.

Quoted: “This is one of your daily tempests in a teapot,” said University of Wisconsin historian Stanley Kutler. “Itâ??s not going to change anything.”

Quoted: “This study talks about the average woman,” said Dr. Gale Sisney, radiologist at UW Hospital and Clinics. “It doesnâ??t talk about high risk women, it doesnâ??t talk about women with genetic risk of breast cancer.”

The Faculty Senateâ??s University Committee discussed a proposal to ensure faculty rights to institutional criticism during its meeting Monday.

University of Wisconsin researchers recently evaluated former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palinâ??s speech patterns in an attempt to study the doggone reaction to her home-baked vernacular in a formal setting.

Quoted: Almost a quarter of the incoming freshmen at the University of Wisconsin each year say they want to do “something in biology,” said Bob Ray, associate dean for undergraduate programs and services.

Quoted: “I think itâ??s a very interesting, potentially important finding,” says Joseph Newman, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.